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Analysis: Trump's 'treason' attack shows how deeply the NYT's aging report stung
Business * Media
3 min read
Analysis: Trump’s ‘treason’ attack shows how deeply the NYT’s aging report stung
Analysis by
Brian Stelter
16 hr ago
PUBLISHED Dec 10, 2025, 11:48 AM ET
A view of The New York Times building in New York City on July 16, 2024. (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto/Getty Images)
The New York Times’ careful, clinical story about President Donald Trump showing “signs of fatigue” and facing “realities of aging in office” came out two weeks ago. But the story still seems to be on the president’s mind.
On Tuesday night, Trump lashed out at the Times again in a 488-word Truth Social post, writing, “After all of the work I have done with Medical Exams, Cognitive Exams, and everything else, I actually believe it’s seditious, perhaps even treasonous, for The New York Times, and others, to consistently do FAKE reports in order to libel and demean ‘THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.’ They are true Enemies of the People, and we should do something about it.”
Trump assails the news media all the time, but his invocation of “treason” and his ominous threat — “we should do something about it” — stood out to some journalists.
I wondered if Trump’s rage was in response to some forthcoming story about his health. Maybe, I thought, the Times had sent him a new request for comment, and he was lashing out about it? But I asked around, and as far as I can tell, he wasn’t trying to preempt some new story currently in the works. Instead, it seems, the Nov. 25 article by Katie Rogers and Dylan Freedman just really got under his skin.
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3 min read
Analysis: Trump’s ‘treason’ attack shows how deeply the NYT’s aging report stung
Analysis by
Brian Stelter
16 hr ago
PUBLISHED Dec 10, 2025, 11:48 AM ET
A view of The New York Times building in New York City on July 16, 2024. (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto/Getty Images)
The New York Times’ careful, clinical story about President Donald Trump showing “signs of fatigue” and facing “realities of aging in office” came out two weeks ago. But the story still seems to be on the president’s mind.
On Tuesday night, Trump lashed out at the Times again in a 488-word Truth Social post, writing, “After all of the work I have done with Medical Exams, Cognitive Exams, and everything else, I actually believe it’s seditious, perhaps even treasonous, for The New York Times, and others, to consistently do FAKE reports in order to libel and demean ‘THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.’ They are true Enemies of the People, and we should do something about it.”
Trump assails the news media all the time, but his invocation of “treason” and his ominous threat — “we should do something about it” — stood out to some journalists.
I wondered if Trump’s rage was in response to some forthcoming story about his health. Maybe, I thought, the Times had sent him a new request for comment, and he was lashing out about it? But I asked around, and as far as I can tell, he wasn’t trying to preempt some new story currently in the works. Instead, it seems, the Nov. 25 article by Katie Rogers and Dylan Freedman just really got under his skin.
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